An archetypal story of the dangers of lusting for power, Macbeth is Shakespeare's stark tale of a tormented nobleman driven into a murderous plot by his ambition to assume the throne of Scotland. This invaluable new study guide to one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies contains a selection of the finest criticism through the centuries on Macbeth, including commentaries by such important critics as Elizabeth Montagu, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas...